Tag Archives: Long Island government

Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley wants to keep Suffolk County on top of the green wave, and stick it to big oil companies. The Lindenhurst legislator has proposed creating “hybrid-only” parking spaces at 792 county office buildings and county-owned and ...

Last week, the Working Families Party and the Alliance for Quality Education launched a marketing campaign designed to kill Gov. David Paterson’s property tax cap plan. The aggressive ad buy and the commercial’s tone irritated Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, ...

A City Councilman wants to place a ban on something most of us do on a daily basis, much to the chagrin of the Suffolk County Legislature. Councilman David Weprin, who represents Queens, wants to ban sending text messages while ...

The Town of Huntington is about to release Comprehensive Plan Update: Horizons 2020, a draft version of what will become a roadmap for future development in the town that includes Huntington Station, East Northport and Dix Hills. The town will ...

Deciphering press releases is a favorite indoor sport in newsrooms and Steve Levy’s missives are a delight to unravel. Biz Blog just received a release from the county executive’s office declaring that, “Seeking to make mass transit friendlier and more ...

Suffolk County government’s stayed busy in the dog days of August. First, County Executive Steve Levy announced that Willard Christy of East Islip was the winner of the “There Oughta Be a Law” contest. Christy, who joined the Suffolk County ...

It was an all-out back slapping, hand shaking love fest at the Long Island Association’s Executive Breakfast Meeting and Small Business Council Awards this morning as LIA President Matt Crosson invited the Long Island state legislative delegation to celebrate the ...

The Associated Press is reporting that while the likes of Alec Baldwin and Steven Spielberg are living the high life in East Hampton, those that run the town are on the verge of not being able to pay the rent. ...

The State Senate last week took a stand on property taxes, passing Gov. David Paterson’s proposed 4 percent cap. The bill allows for voters to approve a tax levy that exceeds the cap if 55 percent of voters approve it. ...

Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman thinks everyone should be able to read and understand the county’s financial reports, not just those with accounting degrees. So, for the first time since 1973, the comptroller’s office has released a “plain-language” financial condition ...